I love to point out that I played the "original" 1974 D&D, but that was mainly because my best friends' dad was a HUGE game afficianado, and made us play pretty much any and every game that came out, including the "new kind of game" that was D&D. We didn't try running our own games until 1976, and those early games were... painful. (Yeah, I still remember using a pencil and straightedge to map out my 200x200 (20x20 squares) dungeon and try to figure out what to put in each room. Embarrassing looking back, but lots of fun when you're under 10 and building a world...)